Social Emotional Development in Young Children

The importance of personal, Social and emotional development is a valuable contribution to a child's development as it is in all areas of there development. For children to acquire personal, social and emotionally they need to have an understanding of themselves through the aspects of self - worth, self - awareness, self - esteem and self - confidence. Each child is unique and the process and timming of development may differ. Different theorists have varied opinions on the child development. Some theorists lot of importance to the developmental stages but there are theorists who contest the same . Ericksons Psychosocial stages of development consist of eight stages and each stage is focused on a conflict that serves as a turning point and must be resolved. The impact of the external factors parents and society on personality development from child to adulthood. Although Erickson's theory is influenced by that of Freud in that they suggest that growing up are based on stages. While Freud believed that development was driven by biological impulses such as the need for food and sex, Erikson emphasized on that the cultural and environment plays an important role on a child's social development. Children may come from a diverse range of backgrounds that may include family environments cultures and circumstances and will be influenced by these attitudes and lifestyles. Caregivers are the child's primary roles and Children usually learn from their caregivers about their cultures and when the child attends school their teachers will fulfill secondary roles to p[ositive development the also take on this role as well. According to The Department for education 'children should expect to be given a rich menu of cultural experiences'. It is important for practitioners to understand such diverse in their settings as well as caregiver's expectations for their children and their traditions. Practitioners will be required to reflect sensitivity to such diverse needs and therfor need to aquire the importance of the diversity within their classroom. Practitioners will need to to create an environment that is welcoming to all children. In supporting this, practitioners are able to introduce that children are able to share something about there cultural this could be food, language, arts and celebrations. "A child effects as well is affected by the settings in which she spends time." )

By incorporating multiculturalism into the classroom can give children a sense of identity and belonging to their community and make them feel proud of themselves. UK national curriculum emphasizes developing ..... care must be given when promoting cultural and diversity .

One of the main traits cultural psychologists observe when they analyze cultures are the morals that a certain culture emphasizes.

A child's Culture, values and beliefs plays an important role in their moral development and is that of caregivers, practitioners and other professionals is the need to understand the moral development. Every child is unique and may develop at different paces. The stages from infancy to late adolescence will show how much children change in their social and moral development as they grow into adults. Children are influenced

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